In Faith Whereof We, The Respective Plenipotentiaries, Have Signed This
Treaty, And Have Hereunto Affixed Our Seals.
Done in triplicate at Washington, the fifth day of June, anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
W. L. MARCY. [L.S.]
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. [L.S.]]
[Endnote 2:]
Act cap. 71 [Dunlop's Laws of the United States, Federal], passed March
3rd, 1845, page 1075.
"SEC. 7. That any imported merchandize which has been entered, and the
duties paid or secured according to law, for drawback, may be exported
to the British North American Provinces, adjoining the United States;
and the ports of Plattsburg, in the District of Champlain; Burlington,
in the District of Vermont; Sackett's Harbour, Oswego, and Ogdensburg,
in the District of Oswegatchie; Rochester, in the District of Genesee;
Buffalo and Erie, in the District of Prequ'isle; Cleveland, in the
District of Cuyahoga; Sandusky and Detroit, together with such ports on
the seaboard from which merchandize may now be exported for the benefit
of drawback, are hereby declared ports from whence foreign goods, wares
and merchandize on which the import has been paid or secured to be
paid, may be exported to ports in the adjoining British Provinces, and
to which ports foreign goods, wares, and merchandize may be transported
inland, or by water from the port of original importation, under
existing provisions of law, to be thence exported for benefit of
drawback. Provided, that such other ports situated on the frontiers of
the United Sates, adjoining the British North American Provinces, as
may hereafter be found expedient, may have extended to them the like
privileges on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and
proclamation duly made by the President of the United States, specially
designating the ports to which the aforesaid privileges are to be
extended."
NOTE - Several other ports have since been proclaimed, viz., Whitehall,
Lewiston, and others.
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